Description
The 2007 colour orthomosaic was provided to the Geospatial Centre by the City of Hamilton in February 2010. Pixel resolution is 1 metre. The total size of the file is 200 MB.
Spatial reference and data type
This imagery is available in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) co-ordinates; horizontal datum is North American Datum (NAD) 83, Zone 17 and are stored as MrSID image format with accompanying Sid World (SDW) files. The Geospatial Centre has access to a number of conversion utilities.
Data access
In order to access these mosaics, please visit the Geospatial Centre during reference hours. Library reference staff are available to provide further information about these data sets and to deliver data upon request. Under the terms of the library's license agreement with the City of Hamilton, these data sets are for use by students, faculty, and staff at the University of Waterloo only.
Data manipulation
There are public workstations in the Geospatial Centre that provide access to Geographic Information System (GIS) software, program extensions and data manipulation utilities. Patrons may use the GIS software in the library to view and manipulate the data. UWaterloo faculty, students and staff may copy these data to other media (Zip disk or CD-R) for use elsewhere.
Data output
ArcMap is able to export images as georeferenced TIFF extensions. The imagery may also be printed as a map view using one of the library's colour printers.
Use restrictions/licensing/copyright
This material is provided for academic, research, teaching, and personal use only. A data release agreement must be agreed to before the data is delivered. The City of Hamilton should be acknowledged on any derivative product, such as a map or an image.
Citation
The City of Hamilton Digital Orthophotos [computer file]. Hamilton, Ontario: The City of Hamilton, [2007].
Sample view of the data
Image courtesy of the City of Hamilton